Flock of 5 one big bully

[emilyweir]

I lock them in a different coop with a small outdoor space sectioned off, but the dog kennel wouldn’t kill her. You could always let her out to free range a little bit close to dusk. This would only be for a week and then reintroduce. If she’s drawing blood that’s really not good though. I draw the line there.

The past two days I’ve let her out for about an hour after I’ve put the other girls away, she’s been very pleasant. I’m optimistic that this time out has been all she needed My six year old was even able to pick her up today without having to chase her around. I gave her a couple of minutes to be with the other hens while I was rounding them up and she had no issues.

 

[igorsMistress]

The past two days I’ve let her out for about an hour after I’ve put the other girls away, she’s been very pleasant. I’m optimistic that this time out has been all she needed My six year old was even able to pick her up today without having to chase her around. I gave her a couple of minutes to be with the other hens while I was rounding them up and she had no issues.

This is good news! I hope everything works out well! I have a SS I’m doing this with because she’s pretty horrible to all the rest of my flock.

Try not to give her any time with the others if possible, you want them to forget her so to speak so when she comes back she has to earn her place in the flock.